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    I have a little Patti Labelle story; a few years back I saw her at Radio City here in NYC (w/ the Manhattans - a last minute replacement for the Four Tops, they damn near tore down the house , Whispers - terrific !, and Temptations - I was not the only one who thought they were a bit too "one more night in Vegas"). Patti was great, and when she got near the end of her show and was really ready to get down, she took off her shoes and parked them at the front of the stage ! She may have got this from Big Maybelle, who was around in the Bluebelles days, and in fact was having a late career renaissance with releases on Brunswick, Tayster and Rojac - her version of "96 Tears" is still one of the best ever soul versions of a rock tune. Doc Pomus told me about seeing Maybelle shed her shoes while performing.
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    IMDB (Internet Movie Database) includes attached information about Ella's song for "Slaughter".
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    Producer / writer Bert Berns revitalized the Drifters on record for a couple of years beginning with "Under The Boardwalk", through "I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing", "Up in The Streets of Harlem", etc. Leiber & Stoller's production of Burt Bacharach's "Land Of Make Believe" is another classic from this period.
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    Bernard Reed (mentioned as a member of the Constellations) became a top-ranked studio bass session player in Chicago; there's a fairly extensive bio posted at: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bernard-reed-mn0000389568?1635185090933
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    Pee Wee Ellis had worked as Esther Phillips' bandleader back in the 1970's; he said he had a beautiful live show tape... View full article
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    Pee Wee Ellis, best known for his ground breaking work with James Brown, had worked as Esther Phillips' bandleader back in the 1970's; in an interview in (I believe) The Wire back in 1995 or so, he said he had some beautiful live show tapes which he would have liked to see released as a tribute to her. Esther has always been one of my favorite female vocalists; I produced and annotated the 1984 Savoy Jazz "Complete EP Savoy Sessions" set (originally a double LP - one LP of early 1950's Johnny Otis Band sessions, the second covering her 1956 and 1959 solo works); it's still around as a CD through all of the subsequent Savoy changes of ownership. I contacted Ellis through his management and eventually arranged to meet with him while he was in New York (touring with Van Morrison). I had spoken with a couple of labels I had done work for (including Joe Fields' High Note label, successor to Muse which had put out my EP project during the time they owned Savoy) and there was definite interest in a CD. We met at his hotel and I listened to a cassette he'd brought; beautiful soundboard quality and lovely performances of some EP classics ("And I Love Him", "Whisper To A Scream", etc., and a 20 minute version of "What A Difference A Day Makes" with long instrumental solos; nice material but not enough there for a CD. I asked if there was more, and he said he had more tapes "back in Vegas". So we left it there; I tried to hook up with him again several times, but unfortunately the wheels fell of the car on this project. I'm sure those tapes are gone now, what a shame !! Esther, to my mind, was at her best "live", and there are some lovely performances floating around on Youtube....
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    The album did come out, as well as a 12-inch single; Discogs lists several different versions available and mostly rather inexpensive
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    I have a Dean Parrish story. Back in 1979 while I was working at Atlantic Records as a staff writer in the publicity department, I was assigned to write a bio for that month's release book for an album called "Stairway To Love" by a disco/rock project called The Wonder Band (disco versions of a few Led Zep songs, including "Stairway To Heaven") which was put together by a couple of the label's producers. Dean (r/n Phil Anastasia) had been drafted in to provide lead vocals. So I was talking with him in my office and mentioned that I liked "Determination" and "I'm On My Way". I'll never forget his response: "You like that old stuff?" The WB album didn't go too far; apparently Zep's management had some issues with it so the project was pretty much squashed.


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